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Allegory with a marble bust framed by red drapery and playful nude putti holding a laurel wreath, in soft pastel tones.

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Konstantin Makovsky - Allegory of Sculpture (1886-1888), Konstantin Makovsky (1886), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pastel-like allegorical composition shows a white marble bust of a classical man with curly hair set against swathes of red drapery. Nude putti with small wings hold and pull the fabric around the bust, while others gather at the pedestal, one holding a green laurel wreath.

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